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• GTAA boss returns to criticism over Pearson’s eight-hour ground halt
• Karim Meskine's mother: My son wouldn't even start an argument
• Politicians criticize York siding with student who snubbed working with women
• Raising tobacco taxes costly to governments, ineffective on smokers: study
• Alberta runs low on flu vaccine as H1N1 fears trigger spike in demand
• Alberta woman who died of H5N1 was in her 20s
• As ice storm costs top $250M, Ont. cities urge feds to increase disaster funding
• Rogers readying a Hulu-like streaming service to compete with Netflix: report
• A voice from the past; letter written by Alberta woman 94 years ago returned
• David Silver, 78, dies on porch after hospital release on -37 C night
• Burst of energy from the sun to create spectacular northern lights across Canada
• Tories have spent $1.7 billion on troubled Cyclones, making them too big to fail
• Man charged in China after man killed three years ago in Ontario kidnapping
• Rob Ford flip-flop: Toronto mayor says he now favours decriminalizing pot
• Stephen Harper should take crisis management lessons from NJ Gov. Chris Christie
• Canadian women detained in Mexico firebombing awaiting investigation results
• Fewer Canadians have money to contribute to their RRSP this year: bank polls
• Two of five train cars derailed in N. Brunswick are older models: CNR

GTAA boss returns to criticism over Pearson’s eight-hour ground halt Posted: 09 Jan 2014 01:33 PM PST Operations at Toronto's Pearson International Airport slowly are getting back to normal but the fallout over its response to the severe cold weather event this week continues. Questions have been raised about why Canada's busiest airport and a major hub … Continue reading →

Karim Meskine's mother: My son wouldn't even start an argument Posted: 09 Jan 2014 09:20 PM PST The mother of Karim Meskine, the B.C. youth who police say was beaten to death with a baseball bat in an unprovoked attack in December, has spoken publicly about her son.

Politicians criticize York siding with student who snubbed working with women Posted: 09 Jan 2014 04:29 PM PST OTTAWA - Federal MPs of all political stripes took a Toronto university to task Tuesday for siding with a male student who requested that he be excused from participating in a group project with women. The York University student, whose name has not been released, cited religious grounds for the request. Sociology professor Paul Grayson originally rejected the man's request that he be allowed to skip a group project last fall; "York is a public secular university with a commitment to equality," Grayson wrote in a Dec. 9 report on the matter that was provided to The Canadian Press.

Raising tobacco taxes costly to governments, ineffective on smokers: study Posted: 09 Jan 2014 01:35 PM PST It shouldn't surprise anyone that raising taxes on cigarettes leads to a bigger underground market for tobacco products. It's simple economics. Well, a new joint-study by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and U.S.-based Reason Foundation says just that: when taxes rise, … Continue reading →

Alberta runs low on flu vaccine as H1N1 fears trigger spike in demand Posted: 09 Jan 2014 04:02 PM PST If you're an Albertan who held out against the pressure from public health officials to get an influenza vaccination, you literally may have missed your shot. CBC News has reported the province is expected to run out of flu vaccine … Continue reading →

Alberta woman who died of H5N1 was in her 20s Posted: 09 Jan 2014 01:43 PM PST The Alberta woman who died of H5N1 bird flu was in her 20s and a health-care worker at Red Deer Hospital.

As ice storm costs top $250M, Ont. cities urge feds to increase disaster funding Posted: 09 Jan 2014 08:26 AM PST A winter ice storm that swept across much of Ontario last month was so extreme and caused so much damage that it has left cities struggling to cover the cost of recovery, and calling for the country to change the … Continue reading →

Rogers readying a Hulu-like streaming service to compete with Netflix: report Posted: 09 Jan 2014 01:08 PM PST TORONTO - Rogers is preparing to launch an online streaming service in the coming months that would compete with Netflix, according to a report in the online trade magazine Cartt.ca.

A voice from the past; letter written by Alberta woman 94 years ago returned Posted: 09 Jan 2014 04:03 PM PST Violet Collier penned the correspondence on Nov. 15, 1919 — shortly after the First World War — on letterhead from the Vulcan Supply Co. in the town of Vulcan, southeast of Calgary. The letter remained hidden away in a traveller's trunk for 94 years until a man named Tim Lacey bought the trunk in Balaklava, Australia, a few years ago. When he finally got a chance to go through it, he found the letter, looked up Vulcan on the map and shipped the missive back. Collier goes on about the weather at the time.

David Silver, 78, dies on porch after hospital release on -37 C night Posted: 09 Jan 2014 03:00 PM PST A family is demanding answers from health officials after a 78-year-old Winnipeg man who was sent home from the hospital in a cab died on the way to his doorstep.

Burst of energy from the sun to create spectacular northern lights across Canada Posted: 09 Jan 2014 03:28 PM PST REGINA - An intense burst of energy from the sun headed towards Earth on Thursday and was expected to make for spectacular conditions to see the northern lights across Canada. Ruth Ann Chicoine, the Canadian Space Agency's national project manager for AuroraMAX, said a spot on the sun exploded Tuesday in what is known as a solar flare and sent out a sort of storm cloud called a coronal mass ejection. Such storms collide with particles and gases in the Earth's atmosphere to create the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis. The solar storm was expected at around 3 a.m. EST Thursday, but Chicoine joked Thursday afternoon that it appeared to be "taking the panoramic route to Earth." The storm was finally spotted on its way at 2:32 p.m. EST Thursday.

Tories have spent $1.7 billion on troubled Cyclones, making them too big to fail Posted: 09 Jan 2014 05:39 PM PST OTTAWA - More than $1.7 billion has already been spent on the elusive effort to replace Canada's aging Sea King helicopters, internal documents show — a clue as to why the Harper government is sticking with the troubled program. The eye-popping figure — about 30 per cent of the overall $5.3-billion budget — could have meant a far worse political firestorm for the Conservatives than the one that accompanied the ill-fated plan to buy the F-35 stealth fighter. In the aftermath of an independent report last fall on the beleaguered plan to buy the CH-148 Cyclone choppers as replacements for the Sea Kings, the government acknowledged it was looking at other aircraft — even going so far as to meet with other manufacturers. Documents obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act show the money went towards "acquisition progress payments" and "in-service support set-up." The nearly decade-long program has delivered just four test helicopters that National Defence has refused to formally accept.

Man charged in China after man killed three years ago in Ontario kidnapping Posted: 09 Jan 2014 04:06 PM PST MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The alleged mastermind of a kidnapping near Toronto three years ago that left one man dead has been arrested and charged with homicide in China. George Koekkoek says 46-year-old Chinese national Guo Wei Wu is being held in China after authorities there recognized him in an Interpol notice. Fei, now 43, was released and found wandering in a Toronto parking lot days later while the remains of Han, 44, were located in July 2011 in a Markham, Ont.-area home. Koekkoek says Wu is charged with "intentional homicide" — which carries a possible death sentence — and that Department of Justice is awaiting a formal request from Chinese authorities before evidence could be handed over.

Rob Ford flip-flop: Toronto mayor says he now favours decriminalizing pot Posted: 09 Jan 2014 11:41 AM PST Politics really does make strange bedfellows, and you'd need a king size bed to accommodate these two guys. Toronto's controversial Mayor Rob Ford has joined federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in calling on Ottawa to consider decriminalizing marijuana. Ford made … Continue reading →

Stephen Harper should take crisis management lessons from NJ Gov. Chris Christie Posted: 09 Jan 2014 10:10 AM PST Now that's how you handle a political crisis. Stephen Harper, take note. On Thursday morning, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie responded to email evidence that a top aide arranged massive traffic jams in September in order to punish the mayor of Fort Lee for not endorsing Christie's re-election bid. Continue reading →

Canadian women detained in Mexico firebombing awaiting investigation results Posted: 09 Jan 2014 08:55 PM PST Mexican authorities say they apprehended Amelie Pelletier and Fallon Rouiller Poisson earlier this week after a government office in the capital and an adjacent car dealership were struck by Molotov cocktails. Mexico's federal attorney-general's office told The Canadian Press it viewed the firebombing as vandalism, but the ongoing investigation could lead to more serious criminal charges. Spokesman Jose Luis Manjarrez says investigators were trying to determine what kind of role the Canadians may have played in an attack that damaged several vehicles at the car dealership. "For now, for the authorities, it is considered an act of vandalism and not a terrorist act," Manjarrez said Thursday in a phone interview.

Fewer Canadians have money to contribute to their RRSP this year: bank polls Posted: 09 Jan 2014 09:05 PM PST MONTREAL - Fewer Canadians are planning to put money into a Registered Retirement Saving Plan this year simply because they can't afford it, say surveys by two big banks. Both Scotiabank (TSX:BNS) and Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) say many Canadians have other expenses, such as car payments and paying down debt, that are preventing them from making a contribution. Scotiabank found that 31 per cent planned to contribute to their RRSP, down from 39 per cent last year. "The top answer was that they did not have enough money to make a contribution," said BMO's Chris Buttigieg, senior manager of wealth planning strategy.

Two of five train cars derailed in N. Brunswick are older models: CNR Posted: 09 Jan 2014 10:52 AM PST TORONTO (Reuters) - Two of five derailed crude tank cars in a New Brunswick train accident are older DOT-111 models, a Canadian National Railway spokesman said on Thursday, citing information it received from the Association of American Railroads. Three of the five derailed crude tank cars are newly built DOT-111 models that conform with the higher standards ordered after October 2011, CN said. (Reporting by Solarina Ho; Editing by David Gregorio)

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